A ChucksConnection TV Series Feature

Jonathan Silverman wears black high top Converse “Chuck Taylor” All Stars in the series.

Gimme A Break

Nell Carter played Nell Harper, a portly housekeeper in charge
of the Kanisky clan, led by Carl Kanisky (Dolph Sweet), the police
chief in the small town of Glen Lawn, California. Carl had just
become a widower, and Nell stepped in as a surrogate mother to
the three girls in the household, Katie (Kari Michaelson), Julie
(Lauri Hendler), and Samantha (Lara Jill Miller), who were in
need of guidance and advice as they completed their grade school
and high school years.

Jonathan carries a chair downstairs for Julie.

Jonathan Maxwell (Jonathan Silverman) married the chief’s daughter Julie in the third season, and took over as the man of the house after the chief passed away. He was seen in a number of episodes wearing black high top chucks. Tall and gangly, Jonathan provided another type of humor as his occasional pratfalls were in contrast to the fat jokes and and wisecracks surrounding Nell.

Jonathan trips over the chair in his Chuck Taylors.

The active cast continued to evolve, as the daughters and Jonathan
eventually left the series, and in the final season, Nell and
her friend Addy Wilson (Telma Hopkins) leave California and move
to New York City, with Grandpa Kaninsky (John Hoyt) and the young
orphan Joey (Joey Lawrence) who the family had adopted in the
show’s third season.

Julie tries to help Jonathan get up.

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